Linked to Simply Water.
At the height of summer the water playground is the centre of attraction in this park in Frankfurt.
Tag: Frankfurt am Main
Letters and numbers
The letter S. I could not find out what it has to do with “Taunus” (a region in middle Germany) underneath.
Tempo limits written directly on the street, 20 being a low number so that pedestrians are safe and can look at the pretty houses.
The old orangery in the Günthersburg park in Frankfurt is a leftover from times gone by. Today it is a park with a wonderful playground at its centre.
Linked to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: letters and numbers.
“Two souls, at least, reside within my breast!”
The (almost) accurate quote from Goethe’s Faust describes it best. There is this side of me, enamored by the rolling hills of the Odenwald,
and then there is the other side, that loves the excitement of the city of Frankfurt with its highrise buildings and modern side of living.
And this is the compromise, I guess. A view from one side of the Upper Rhine valley, where I live, all the way across to the hills of the Palatinate (Pfalz), with the twin cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen on either side of the Rhine in between. The distance from the Odenwald to the other side is about 50 kilometres at this point.
This is linked to A Photo a Week: View.
A man of many talents
“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”
“Man soll alle Tage wenigstens ein kleines Lied hören, ein gutes Gedicht lesen, ein treffliches Gemälde sehen und, wenn es möglich zu machen wäre, einige vernünftige Worte sprechen.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is impossible to walk through Frankfurt and not see Goethe – he was born there and spoke the dialect of the town (the giveaway are rhymes in some poems which only work as rhymes in this dialect). The silhouette is on the side of a hotel in a part of Frankfurt called Bergen-Enkheim but the sculpture stands in Weimar, where Goethe and the other great German poet, Friedrich Schiller lived and for a while worked together.
In an area of Frankfurt which is a mixture of commercial and industrial buildings this quote by Goethe can be seen on the side of a house. It is the combination of a line taken from “The sorrows of Young Werther”, which Goethe wrote when just 24 years old and which was extremely influential at the time, and the words with which he signed a letter to his wife years later (in English). The quote is a a variation on 1 Corinthians 15; 55: “Death, where is they sting?” Werther (or rather Goethe) continues not: “Grave, where is thy victory?” but “Love, where is thy victory? You are leaving, I’ll remain …”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe combined many different aspects in his life: he was a highly successful author of poems, plays, and novels, he wrote academic papers, undertook research in various fields and made a few scientific discoveries, he was a trained lawyer, a politician at the court of Sachsen-Weimar, a theatre director, a man who lived for a few years fairly openly with a lover well below his social standing before marrying her. By all accounts, he was also a very worldly man who enjoyed food and drink. So it is only befitting that Frankfurt displays his likeness on a special tram, the so-called Äppelwoi-Express (a tram which can be booked by groups to party and drink Frankfurt style cider while driving through the city).
This is linked to Travel with intent: one little song.
I am watching you …
from a the distance …
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: in the distance.
More removed photos can be found here.
Rising from the ground like a skyscraper
Frankfurt and its business and banking district is the closest we come to skyscrapers in Germany. No comparison to really high buildings the world over but impressive enough if you walk around them on ground level and look up.
For Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: unusual perspective.
For more perspectives, click here.
Crossing the Mainline
A bridge across the river Main in Frankfurt, Germany, for A Photo a Week. More bridges can be found here.
Set in stone and wood
More monochrome statues and sculptures can be found on Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge. Click here.
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